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JONES Angel L <br /> From: Lance Deal [lanced ©uoregon.edu] <br /> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:36 PM OA` <br /> To: JONES Angel L <br /> Subject: Alton Baker Park Hammer Area <br /> Dear Ms. Jones, <br /> My name is Lance Deal. I am an assistant track coach at the University of Oregon. <br /> Michael Reilly has asked me to contact you regarding the hammer throw area in East Alton <br /> Baker Park and the possibility of leaving this facility open at least through the Olympic <br /> Trails. <br /> Please allow me to give you a bit of information and history about the area. The cage and <br /> field are visible from the Autzen Stadium Club Room as it sits just on the other side of <br /> the closed section of Day Island Road that runs through the park. It is about 100 feet <br /> southwest of the walking path that leads from campus to Autzen as you emerge from the <br /> trees on the way to Autzen. <br /> This area was originally owned by Lane County. The county allowed two concrete slabs to <br /> be poured and a protective cage erected at the site as a training area for the community <br /> of throwers that lived and trained in Eugene at the time. This was in approximately 1985. <br /> I trained there for all of my 18 years of my Olympic career as did numerous other national <br /> and international level throwers. The area also has been used consistently by the masters <br /> track and field community since its construction. <br /> After the land was transferred to City of Eugene control, in 1994 (I <br /> think) I met with the East Alton Baker Park planning commission about continued use of <br /> this area. They graciously agreed to allow us to train there until 2004. As that date <br /> came and went, I had retired from throwing and the area has seen limited use since. This <br /> area is the best training site for the hammer in the Eugene /Springfield area. <br /> Ms. Jones, the reason I am writing to you is The Olympic Trials LOC would love to be able <br /> to use it as the official hammer throw training site for the Trials. I am asking you if <br /> there is a way to reinstate this area as a viable place to throw. Can you help me with <br /> this? <br /> Please let me know if I can add any more information or help you in anyway. <br /> Thank you for your time. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Lance Deal 'r hack K: c. \arcrt S r+ <br /> Assistant Track and Field Coach <br /> University of Oregon <br /> 541 - 520 -7721 IUC1( (Cln, c`ri. Av../ <br /> dS a re SPcfn S- e tO rnortice <br /> r Y�c- <br /> �7(dP me a c''na(t ,c <br /> yo.A ha c/p q ttedi ) <br /> 82- e u '.-„ <br />